Media
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Quality Counts: Why Getting The Gaming Media’s Attention Is Only Half The Battle
13It’s great and all getting the games media to pay attention to your indie title, enough so they’ll dedicate a couple of kilobytes of database data to pass the news to their readers, but I feel that’s only part of the journey. Someone’s writing about your game, that’s awesome, but what if the readers don’t…
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Grand Theft Auto III: The Birth Of A Media Scapegoat
Ten years ago today, Grand Theft Auto III released for the PlayStation 2. It became, in the words of Time “a national obsession”. In the mainstream media, it has since served as the primary scapegoat for the corruption of youth through violent video games.
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Entertainment That Changes Based On Your Biological Response
You’re slowly creeping along the darkened halls of a haunted mansion, waiting for the next zombie to come shambling around the corner. It’s a familiar situation, and you’re not afraid. Sensors convey this information to your game console, and suddenly an ear-piercing shriek fills the air behind you. Your heartbeat elevates, your fingertips sweat.
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EA CEO: Discs Are Here To Stay (For Now)
Come on Mr Riccitiello! Make up your mind! On Monday we reported your claim that digital would be “bigger than the packaged goods business” in 2011 – now you’re trying to tell us that game discs are here to stay? Do you have some sort of Twilight Zone split personality or something?